Pre-paid water meters spark human rights concerns

Factmore Dzobo Senior Reporter FIRST it was pre-paid electricity, now urban residents face the prospects of pre-paid water. Following the successful implementation of the pre-paid electricity project by power utility…

Pastor acquitted of raping niece

Thubelihle Mabhena Court Reporter AN Umguza pastor who was facing allegations of turning his niece into a sex slave until she fell pregnant was yesterday acquitted of rape. Lemison Moyo,…

Ibumba roars into life

Simbarashe Mutizwa Showbiz Reporter THE week-long Ibumba Festival comes to life in Bulawayo today with superstar Oliver Mtukudzi expected to headline the event. An opening ceremony for the festival, which…

GUARD LEFT FOR DEAD

Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter A VICTORIA Falls town council security guard has been hospitalised after he was attacked in a foiled robbery last Friday. The attempted robbery at a…

Mbizvo accused of corruption, abuse of office

Harare Bureau HIGHER and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Deputy Minister Godfrey Gandawa has accused Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Washington Mbizvo of gross corruption and abuse of office,…

Cop loses $10k adultery lawsuit

Lethokuhle Moyo Court Reporter A BULAWAYO police officer has lost a $10,000 adultery claim against her husband’s married lover, who is also a cop, after a magistrate ruled that her…

Mandela executors to oppose Winnie

JOHANNESBURG — The executors of former president Nelson Mandela’s estate will oppose ANC MP Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s court bid to get his Qunu home, they said yesterday.

Year-on-year inflation decreases

Oliver Kazunga Acting Business Editor ZIMBABWE’S inflation eased to -0.78 percent year-on-year last month, shedding 0.78 percentage points on the October rate of -0.001 percent as deflationary pressures persist, the…

China’s Belle Holdings seeks to inject $50m into Interfin

Tinashe Makichi Harare Bureau Chinese firm Belle Holdings has offered to inject $50 million into the struggling Interfin bank to save it from liquidation. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has…

Man catches wife in bed with boy, 15

Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent A ZVISHAVANE man walked in on his 60-year-old wife having sex with a 15-year-old boy on their matrimonial bed, leaving their marriage of 31 years on…

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